- Gather community members, community leaders, and members of the police department for a forum on racial profiling. What is the police department's policy on racial profiling? What are the community members thoughts and feelings about racial profiling? Do they think they are affected by racial profiling? In what way(s)? Can police and the community work together to address the issue? A few forum-format suggestions: Ask experts on racial profiling - on both sides of the issue - to make presentations; select a facilitator and a heterogeneous group of people to serve in a round table discussion; form groups to discuss racial profiling who will then report out in a whole group discussion.
- Write a letter to your U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators in Washington or your State Representative and Senator in Springfield expressing your views about racial profiling and/or disproportionate minority confinement. Invite your legislator or a member of their staff to discuss the issue with your class.
- Create a website on these and related issues for use by students. Send an email to the CRFC web master (webmaster@crfc.org) so it can be linked to the 2001 Illinois Youth Summit web site.